Oil can



A. BENSHOOF.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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ARTHUR BEN SHOOF, OF GARRISONNORTH DAKOTA.

OIL CAN.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, An'r -ivn .lfinxsiioor, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Garrison, in thecounty of McLean and State 01 North Dakota, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Oil Cans, of which the followingisaispecification.

This invention relates to oil cans of the pump type and its object is toprovide a device of this nature which may be used either as anordinarygravity feed oil can or asa pump can according to the locationof the part to be lubricated and constructed in such manner that it maybe readily taken apart for purposes of cleaning the same, when desired.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an article of thecharacter indicated constructed in so simple a manner that it may beeconomically manufactured and will not be likely to get out of order.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth inthedetailed description which follows.

The figure shown in the accompanying drawing is a vertical sectionalView of an oil can constructed in accordance with the invention. 1

Referring to the drawing 5 designates the body of the can which isprovided with a suitable handle 6 and finger engaging loop '7. The body5 is provided with a neck extension 8 adapted to have a screw cap 9screwed thereon. A pump barrel 10 is provided with a horizontal flange11 at its upper end, which flange is adapted to be bound between theupper edge of the neck extension 8 and an overhanging flange 12 of thescrew cap 9, whereby the barrel is effectively held in place but may bereadily released when it is desired to remove the barrel for the purposeof inspection,cleaning or repair.

The lower end of the barrel 10 is. received in a depression or recess 13of the bottom of: the body 5 whereby all of the oil will be drained tothat point sothat the pump may pick it up. The oil enters the lower endof the pump barrel through openingsl and an upwardly opening check valve15 is disposed adjacent the lower end of the barrel 10. An outlet pipecomprising a horizontal portion 16 and an upturned extremity 17 receivesthe lower threaded end of discharge pipe 18. The discharge pipe 18projects upwardly into a discharge'spout 19 which is threadedSpecification of Letters Patent Patented 31 28 19212 Application filedFebruary 18, 1921 Serial Itfo q4j45,920. p

. upon an extension 20 of the body of the can.

it will benoted that the pipe 18 very nearly fills the spout 19 at thenarrowest part of the latter; this is to prevent the oil that is beingpumped from running backdown the spout. In other words the spout is constricted at this point enough to cause the desired quantity of oil to bedischarged through the extremity 21 of the spout upon the part to belubricated. Upon the other hand there is enough of an opening left at 22to permit oil to find its way past the upper end of the pipe 18 and outof the spout 21, when the can is inverted and used as an ordinarygravityv oiler.

The barrel 10 receives a plunger which is preferably of leather butwhich may be of any desired construction. This plunger is carried by aplunger rod 24.- which in turn is guided in cork insert 25 disposed inthe upper end of the pump barrel and is further provided upon its upperend with a thumb piece 26 by which downward movement may be im at theextremity of the pipe 18 and by unscrewing the spout 19 and byunscrewing the pipe 18 from the upturned extremity 17 of the pipe 16,the pipe 18 may be bodily removed for cleaning. If the obstruction isnot found in the pipe 18, the entire pinup body may be removed byunscrewing the cap 9 and pulling the pump valve out of the body 5. Topermit this to be done the opening through the neck extension 8 is madequite large and when the extremity 17 abuts the under side of the top ofthe can, the barrel is tipped to one side until the barrel as a wholetogether with the pipe 16 may be bodily withdrawn from the can.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction setforth but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims.

Having described my. invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a body portion, a neckextension,

a screw capon the neck extension and a pump barrel, said pump barrelbeing provided with a flange-adapted to beolam'ped between the neckextension and the cap.

2. A structure as recited in claim 1 in combination with a lateralextenslon upon the';pu1np barrel provided With an upturned extremity anda discharge pipe adapted to be inserted from the exterior of the can andthreaded into said upturned'extremity, the opening through said neckextension being of such diameter as to permit of the bodily c removal ofthe pump barrel and said later ally extending pipe, therethro'u'gh. 5

3. A structure as recited in claim 1 in combination with a laterallyextending pipe having an upturned extremity thereon, a

discharge pipe adapted to be threaded into 'said extremity from theexterior of the ,can and a spout surrounding said discharge pipeexteriorly of the can.

mg within the spout at the point of discharge of the discharge pipe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

K ARTHUR BENSHOOF. Witnesses: i i a D. R. ROBINSON,- J. W. ROBINSON.

